Edmonton Oilers vs New York Rangers
Regular season · Friday, March 28, 1986 · Madison Square Garden
Game summary
The New York Rangers beat the Edmonton Oilers 4–2 on Friday, March 28, 1986 at Madison Square Garden. The Oilers outshot the Rangers 36–32.
Pierre Larouche scored twice. Mark Osborne, Dave Hunter, Kelly Miller and Mark Messier also scored.
John Vanbiesbrouck made 34 saves on 36 shots for the win; Grant Fuhr stopped 28 of 32.
Scoring
1st period
Pierre Larouche (19)Tomas Sandstrom (23), Mike Ridley (41)0–119:01 NYR
2nd period
Mark Osborne (16)Brian MacLellan (27), Mike Ridley (42)0–201:16 NYR · 
Dave Hunter (14)Jari Kurri (60), Wayne Gretzky (155)1–202:45 EDM- Pierre Larouche (20)Tomas Sandstrom (24), James Patrick (29)1–314:28 NYR ·
Kelly Miller (11)Ron Greschner (26), Don Maloney (14)1–414:59 NYR
3rd period
Mark Messier (35)Unassisted2–410:05 EDM
Team stats
EDMNYR
3632
0%0%
0/52/7
1410
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 6:27 into the first period
Dave Semenko · slashing2 min - 11:56 into the first periodRaimo Summanen · holding2 min
- 15:30 into the first period
Brian MacLellan · hooking2 min - 19:48 into the first periodKevin McClelland · high sticking2 min
- 9:25 into the second periodMark Messier · cross checking2 min
- 14:00 into the second periodCharlie Huddy · high sticking2 min
- 15:38 into the second periodWilf Paiement · holding2 min
- 3:26 into the third periodEsa Tikkanen · hooking2 min
- 4:13 into the third periodTomas Sandstrom · hooking2 min
- 5:25 into the third periodReijo Ruotsalainen · interference2 min
- 16:41 into the third periodDon Maloney · hooking2 min
- 17:11 into the third periodWayne Gretzky · hooking2 min
Season series
Edmonton Oilers
| 11Mark MessierC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 12Dave HunterL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 17Jari KurriR | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 99Wayne GretzkyC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | – |
| 9Glenn AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 10Esa TikkanenL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 14Craig MacTavishC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 18Mark NapierR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 24Kevin McClellandR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 25Raimo SummanenR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 26Mike KrushelnyskiC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 27Dave SemenkoL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 2Lee FogolinD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 4Kevin LoweD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 1 | – |
| 5Steve SmithD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 7Paul CoffeyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 8 | – |
| 21Randy GreggD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 22Charlie HuddyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31Grant FuhrG | L | 32 | 4 | .875 |
| 35Andy MoogG | 0 | 0 | – |
New York Rangers
| 18Mike RidleyC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 24Pierre LaroucheC | 2 | 0 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 28Tomas SandstromR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 10Kelly MillerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 12Don MaloneyL | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Mark OsborneL | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 26Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 3James PatrickD | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 4Ron GreschnerD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 11Wilf PaiementR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 13Bob BrookeR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 14Mike AllisonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 25Peter SundstromL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 32Bob CrawfordR | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 6Jim WiemerD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 3 | – |
| 27Willie HuberD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 29Reijo RuotsalainenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 5 | – |
| 30Larry MelnykD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Glen HanlonG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 34John VanbiesbrouckG | W | 36 | 2 | .944 |